# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百三十四条 (Article 534)

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- Law: 商法 (Commercial Code), 明治三十二年法律第四十八号
- English title "Commercial Code": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第五百三十四条 (Article 534)（交互計算の解除） — address `art-534`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五百三十四条（交互計算の解除） — (Cancellation of Open Accounts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Termination of Open Accounts)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>
<sup>art-534 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-534 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-534</sup>

  **第一項**  各当事者は、いつでも交互計算の解除をすることができる。この場合において、交互計算の解除をしたときは、直ちに、計算を閉鎖して、残額の支払を請求することができる。
  <sup>art-534/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-534/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-534/par-1</sup>
  Either of the parties to an open account may cancel the account at any time. In such a case, the party cancelling the open account may immediately close the account and demand payment of the balance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Either of the parties to an open account may terminate the account at any time. In such a case, the party terminating the open account may immediately close the account and demand payment of the balance." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb</sup>

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 商法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/132AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code (商法), Article 534 — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code (商法), Article 534, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05